As Air Force One was landing, Trump tweeted insults to the Muslim mayor of London, proving that wealth doesn’t insure class….--Mexico’s new president, AMLO, shows real class and dignity in letter responding to Trump’s latest tariff threats
--ICE stacks 900 migrants in a cell with max capacity of 125, gruesome treatment for people who Trump views as disposable, based on racism and classism
--The Intercept covers the fate of migrants being dumped by ICE at Greyhound stations
--expect fireworks, as government lawyers defy Judge Emmet Sullivan’s order to release transcript of Mike Flynn’s wiretapped phone call with Russian ambassador
--state judge in Missouri issued order on Friday to block the closure of state’s last remaining abortion clinic in St. Louis
--corporate media give decent coverage to UN torture expert’s report on Julian Assange’s deteriorating condition
--Politico reports that Assange will not be charged for leak of CIA hacking tools called Vault 7
--Chelsea Manning’s lawyers file briefs challenging judge’s threat of fines, and her continuing incarceration, Shadowproof reports
--at ConsortiumNews, Jonathan Cook explains why the Swedish “rape” charges are bogus
--in new PBC podcast at WhoWhatWhy, reporter David Daley exposes the lavish fundraising and spending of Ways & Means chair Richard Neal
--NY Times bosses blacklist Rachel Maddow, telling reporters she’s “too partisan” after years of tight collusion on Russiagate, Vanity Fair reports
--14 Dem prez candidates swarmed on state party convention in SF, trying to break away from the pack; Hickenlooper used SF as backdrop for anti-socialism comment
--Sen. Elizabeth Warren is gaining traction for her emphasis on policy plans, like breaking up the tech giants
--and Julian Castro gets credit for tackling crimes by cops, as BUzzfeed exposes racist and cruel Facebook posts by cops
--San Francisco police scandal deepens with revelation that cops wiretapped reporter 2 months before the illegal raid
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